18 Jun 2007
Head of US SophosLabs to speak at University of California, Davis Campus IT Security Symposium
Richard Wang will discuss the development of botnets at the 3rd biennial UC Davis IT Security Symposium
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, announced
that Richard Wang, Head of SophosLabs™ in the US, will discuss the
development of botnets (zombies) and how to best safeguard networks
on June 20, 2007 at the 3rd biennial UC Davis IT Security Symposium
University of California, Davis Campus at 11:00 AM PT.
Wang's presentation, "The Development of Botnets" will also
include a demonstration of how botnets are controlled and used to
dupe users.
In addition to running the US Lab, Wang regularly works with the
company's spokespeople to ensure that the media and general public
are kept abreast of the most up-to-date security threats. He
conducts educational, hands-on lab tours for customers, channel
partners and journalists from industry publications, such as
Computerworld, eWeek and Network World.
Most recently, Richard co-hosted an interactive debate focused
with security analyst firm, IT-Harvest on "Cybercrime Doomsday
Scenario: What will happen if cyber criminals are not stopped
soon."
More information about the event can be found on the UC Davis IT
Security Symposium website.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.